How China’s Deal With the U.S. Helped Avert COP26’s Collapse
It was Day 13 of the COP26 summit, and even the trees inside the Glasgow venue were beginning to wilt. With the meeting running almost 24 hours over its scheduled Continue Reading
Scientists skeptical on how alive 1.5 temperature limit is
While world leaders and negotiators are hailing the Glasgow climate pact as a good compromise that keeps a key temperature limit alive, many scientists are wondering what planet these leaders Continue Reading
COP26 agrees new climate rules but India and China weaken coal pledge
The COP26 climate summit in Glasgow succeeded in getting 197 countries to agree new rules on limiting greenhouse gas emissions, but last-minute objections from India and China stymied a commitment Continue Reading
The 800 Million Barrel Oilfield Getting Boris Johnson In Trouble
Having just hosted COP26 in Glasgow, Boris Johnson is now coming under pressure to cancel plans to explore the Cambo oilfield – a project that is thought to hold 800 Continue Reading
Climate talks back off from call to end all coal use
Negotiators at this year’s U.N. climate talks in Glasgow appeared to be backing away from a call to end all use of coal and phase out fossil fuel subsidies completely Continue Reading
COP26 talks pushed into weekend as negotiators try to hammer out deal
Negotiators pushed talks on how to tackle climate change into Saturday at the UN climate summit in Glasgow, as divisions remained on the phase-out of fossil fuels, and between rich Continue Reading
COP26 Live Updates: Negotiators Race to Reach Climate Deal
Anxious energy filled the halls of the exhibition center in Glasgow on Friday, where diplomats from nearly 200 countries blew past a deadline for striking a global climate accord, with Continue Reading
New draft gives and takes as UN climate talks enter last stretch
A new draft agreement drawn up for the last scheduled day of the U.N. climate conference in Glasgow on Friday presses countries to reach higher in their plans to tackle Continue Reading
Australia Leads the World in Coal Emissions Per Capita
Annual average coal emissions per capita from 2015-2020 in tons of CO2 India and China are the world’s two biggest coal polluters, but Australia and South Korea lead the world Continue Reading
Analysis: Carbon superpowers: U.S.-China deal seen as symbolic but not sufficient
A joint China-U.S. declaration on climate change is a political reset to a time when the world’s two biggest carbon emitters reached the brief meeting of minds that helped forge Continue Reading